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// IWYU pragma: private, include "nsString.h"

#ifndef nsTSubstringTuple_h
#define nsTSubstringTuple_h

#include "nsTStringRepr.h"

/**
 * nsTSubstringTuple
 *
 * Represents a tuple of string fragments.  Built as a recursive binary tree.
 * It is used to implement the concatenation of two or more string objects.
 *
 * NOTE: This class is a private implementation detail and should never be
 * referenced outside the string code.
 */
template <typename T>
class nsTSubstringTuple
{
public:

  typedef T char_type;
  typedef nsCharTraits<char_type> char_traits;

  typedef nsTSubstringTuple<T> self_type;
  typedef mozilla::detail::nsTStringRepr<char_type> base_string_type;
  typedef uint32_t size_type;

public:

  nsTSubstringTuple(const base_string_type* aStrA,
                    const base_string_type* aStrB)
    : mHead(nullptr)
    , mFragA(aStrA)
    , mFragB(aStrB)
  {
  }

  nsTSubstringTuple(const self_type& aHead,
                    const base_string_type* aStrB)
    : mHead(&aHead)
    , mFragA(nullptr) // this fragment is ignored when aHead != nullptr
    , mFragB(aStrB)
  {
  }

  /**
   * computes the aggregate string length
   */
  size_type Length() const;

  /**
   * writes the aggregate string to the given buffer.  bufLen is assumed
   * to be equal to or greater than the value returned by the Length()
   * method.  the string written to |buf| is not null-terminated.
   */
  void WriteTo(char_type* aBuf, uint32_t aBufLen) const;

  /**
   * returns true if this tuple is dependent on (i.e., overlapping with)
   * the given char sequence.
   */
  bool IsDependentOn(const char_type* aStart, const char_type* aEnd) const;

private:

  const self_type*        const mHead;
  const base_string_type* const mFragA;
  const base_string_type* const mFragB;
};

template <typename T>
inline const nsTSubstringTuple<T>
operator+(const mozilla::detail::nsTStringRepr<T>& aStrA,
          const mozilla::detail::nsTStringRepr<T>& aStrB)
{
  return nsTSubstringTuple<T>(&aStrA, &aStrB);
}

template <typename T>
inline const nsTSubstringTuple<T>
operator+(const nsTSubstringTuple<T>& aHead,
          const mozilla::detail::nsTStringRepr<T>& aStrB)
{
  return nsTSubstringTuple<T>(aHead, &aStrB);
}

#endif